I caught this despite the serious controversy around it. I knew the director served time for sex with a minor, but I didn't know that when I became a fan of the 1st film. It disturbs me but I trust the director is sorry for what he did and is probably just another artist trying to survive. I will feel terrible if Victor De Silva turns out to be some awful predator still, but I want to see new art so I watched his piece. Its a frigging free watch on cable, I'm not paying the guy. But it is odd that SyFy's politics allowed this. Progressive or just weird?
Anyway, its a decent sleepy watch. Not scary. Not overly entertaining. Not above the quality of a lot of "prestige" TV shows. It reminded me of bad straight-to-video horror sequels in the 1990s. Its the same kinda aesthetic & economic resources. The big difference is low budget technology has evolved and old cinematic tricks haven't aged. De Silva deserves credit for making a film that is well-crafted.
Thats about all I can say about it. I reviewed this film because I want to prove I'm fair. If I loved it I'd say it & if I hated it I would say it. This was super mediocre. The first film was a genuinely creepy minimalist horror film from the bleakness of the 9/11 era. The 2nd film was a campy, pervy softcore teen porno spoofing the sado porn of straight teen horror softcore pornos. Neither is great, but its unique and darkly human.
Pt 3 was hollow, stilted, gratuitous, depressive, uninformative and a little uniform. Its better than much of 2010s' ' horror, but its so dependent on Netflix, Hollywood, old horror classics, some obscure foreign influences & ESPECIALLY The Walking Dead.
This film wasn't as creative or worthwhile (or cinematic) as Cult of Chucky. Stick with that film. JC3 is just kinda gross & creepy and not in the good & honest way. We can pull the plug on this kinda Hollywood surviving.
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